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HORSESHOE PLACENTA

\hˈɔːsʃuː pləsˈɛntə], \hˈɔːsʃuː pləsˈɛntə], \h_ˈɔː_s_ʃ_uː p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\

Definitions of HORSESHOE PLACENTA

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An exaggerated p. reniformis curved in the form of a horseshoe.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

a peculiar form of p. in some cases of twin pregnancy.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A placental formation in which the two placentae of a twin gestation are united by a strip of placental tissue.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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